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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Noun
blàth m (genitive singular blàith, plural blàthan)
- blossom, bloom, flower
- Nach eil blàthan na siris dìreach àlainn? ― Aren't the cherry blossoms just lovely?
- consequence, effect
- heyday
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish bláith (“soft, smooth”) from earlier mláith, from Proto-Celtic *mlātis (“soft, tender”), *mlātos (“flour”), related to *meleti (“to grind, crush”). Originally meant "ground soft". Cognate with Welsh blawd (“flour, meal”).
Adjective
blàth (genitive singular masculine blàith, genitive singular feminine blàithe, nominative plural blàtha, comparative blàithe)
- warm
Tha am bùrn blàth.- The water is warm.
- affectionate, tender, kind
Declension
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| blàth |
bhlàth
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “blàth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bláth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language